Back in the days that we had chestnuts

[lsanderson]

UNDER a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.

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The smith

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

I always kind of liked the version of this in the "Freddy the Pig" books, as rewritten by the character Mrs. Peppercorn: "Beneath the spreading chestnut tree/There stands the village smithy/The smith's a mighty man, b'gee; he comes from New York Cithy."

Nate